Eating & Feeding Disorders
This eating disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise, or laxative use.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Non-consensual sexual contact
What is sexual abuse?
Give an example of verbal abuse
Oral, written or gestured language that is threatening, belittling, derogatory or defamatory in nature.
These individuals are required to report suspected abuse or neglect of a client.
What is all staff?
This stage of Kübler-Ross’s model is characterized by feelings of frustration, and resentment, often directed at others, a higher power, or even the deceased.
What is anger?
True or false:
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be included in the treatment plan for a client with anorexia nervosa.
Using threats, manipulation or intimidation to take advantage of a resident for personal gain
What is exploitation?
Give an example of serious bodily injury
Injury that requires medical intervention such as surgery, hospitalization, physical therapy.
If you witness or are informed of ______, you must first protect the ______, intervene and ____ the abuse!
What is abuse, client, stop?
This can occur before an actual loss, often experienced by patients or families when a terminal diagnosis is made.
What is anticipatory grief?
What is fluoxetine?
This type of abuse involves the use of words or actions to control, intimidate, or diminish a person’s self-worth, without causing physical harm.
What is emotional abuse?
Give an example of neglect
Withholding of goods and services that are necessary to avoid physical harm, pain, mental anguish or emotional distress
According to best practice, these must be attempted and documented before applying physical restraints to ensure the least restrictive care is provided.
What are alternative interventions (or less restrictive measures)?
This defense mechanism, commonly seen in early grief, involves refusing to accept the reality of a loss or diagnosis.
What is denial?
This is an important step in providing nursing care that includes therapeutic communication.
What is building a trusting nurse-patient relationship and building rapport?
Failure to provide necessary goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, pain, mental anguish or emotional distress.
What is neglect?
Give an example of physical abuse
Unwanted hitting, kicking, biting, punching.
This intervention is used only when a patient’s behavior presents an immediate threat to themselves or others and less restrictive measures have failed.
What is seclusion?
This late physical sign of the dying process is characterized by noisy respirations caused by the inability to clear secretions from the airway.
What is the death rattle?
The priority when treating a patient with anorexia nervosa.
Assessment and treatment of medical conditions caused by malnutrition and fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
This type of abuse involves the illegal or improper use of an individual’s money, property, or assets for personal gain.
What is financial (or economic) abuse?
Give an example of exploitation
Manipulation of a situation that results in personal gain.
This right is not available to a client that is involuntarily admitted.
What is the right to leave against medical advice?
This early sign of physiological decline in a dying patient is due to reduced renal perfusion and fluid intake.